Re: [boost] [Math/nextafter] A question of naming functions...

From: Johan Råde (rade_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-01 04:34:19

John Maddock wrote:
> Johan Råde wrote:
>>>>> floatdistance(lhs, rhs)?
>>>> Would adding an underscore be nicer:
>>>>
>>>> FPT float_distance(FPT lhs, FPT rhs);
>> How about discrete_distance?
> 
> That's not bad at all actually,
> 
> Thanks, John. 

To me the word distance suggests an unsigned quantity.
Maybe discrete_difference?

--Johan